Best Question of 2020 - Voting thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/krq0a6/best_question_of_2020_voting_thread/

created by as-well on 06/01/2021 at 15:27 UTC*

32 upvotes, 9 top-level comments (showing 9)

Hello dear friends,

As you know, we decided to run a best of 2020 contest[1] where 20 winners get an exclusive Owl of Minerva award which grants them 1 month Reddit premium. Now it is time to vote.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/ki6idy/best_of_2020_contest_call_for_nominations/

We will do this in two instances. From now until Sunday (possibly Monday or Tuesday depending on how my travel plans go), we will vote on the best question. From then till the end of next week, we will vote on the best answers!

Given that we have 8 excellent nominations for outstanding user, I decided to not vote on this and instead declare them all winners. They will get the awards as soon as reddit sends them over to the mod team :)

This thread is in contest mode, meaning you should see comments containing a nomination each in random orders. Upvote or downvote nominations. The winners will be the ones that have the most votes at the end of the week :)

You can! Just put a comment below in the same format mine are: Link to thread, ping to user and the title of the post you nominate.

To keep this concise, please put them in the open discussion thread which you find linked at the top of the subreddit.

Comments

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:38 UTC

21 upvotes, 0 direct replies

What is the real relationship between "me" and my "thinking"? Are my thoughts a part of me, or are they something I create, or are they something external that simply comes to me?

This reflective question by u/Inkshooter[1] about the relationship between you and thinking was nominated by u/TheGuyOverThere22

1: https://www.reddit.com/u/Inkshooter

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:37 UTC

15 upvotes, 1 direct replies

If Edward Snowden saw his government doing things that they don't have the constitutional right to do, does he have the ethical responsibility to alert the populace even if he signed a contract to not divulge anything being done behind closed doors?

I nominated u/diogenesthehopeful for this nice question about obligations to whistleblow.

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:32 UTC

15 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Is Socratic method the best way to change someone's mind?[1] by u/turquoise8, nominated by me. A very good question about changingminds.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/k5td4z/is_socratic_method_the_best_way_to_change/

Comment by fiskiligr at 11/01/2021 at 20:37 UTC

9 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Why isn’t the field of philosophy concerned with communicating its ideas to the general public?[1] by /u/margotiii was nominated by me, since it is the most upvoted question in /r/AskPhilosophy of all time, it would be a shame to not have it be considered for The Best Question of 2020 (and since I personally believe the question itself strikes at an important problem with academic philosophy - namely its relation with everyone else outside of academic philosophy).

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/i6ku8v/why_isnt_the_field_of_philosophy_concerned_with/

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:33 UTC

15 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Philosophical takes on cancel culture[1] by u/princessofwherever was nominated by me - a very timely question!

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/hchwal/philosophical_takes_on_cancel_culture/

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:35 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

What's the current feminist take on OnlyFans?

I nominated u/maddog367[1] for this interesting question on feminist views on what may be the fastest growing not-so-savory internet company.

1: https://www.reddit.com/u/maddog367

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:34 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Has there been any answer to the "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory?[1] by u/drone4epic is a quite important question about 'disproving' the cultural marxism thing.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/h0zutr/has_there_been_any_answer_to_the_cultural_marxism/

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:38 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Are there any philosopher that talked about fashion? Or that were interested in it?

I nominated u/Raskolnikov101[1] for this nice question on the philosophy of fashion, which as far as I can see is a novel question on the sub.

1: https://www.reddit.com/u/Raskolnikov101

Comment by as-well at 06/01/2021 at 15:36 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Isn't visiting a doctor, technically, an argument from authority?

This question from a deleted account, nominated by u/sounddesigner88, was very interesting indeed!